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Deep Brain Stimulation in the Posteromedial Hypothalamic Nuclei in Refractory Aggressiveness: Post-Surgical Results of 19 Cases
- Source :
- International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, REDICUC-Repositorio CUC, Corporación Universidad de la Costa, instacron:Corporación Universidad de la Costa
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Aggression is a clinical manifestation that usually occurs in neurodevelopmental disorders. In intellectual disability, dysfunctional behavior and aggressive and maladaptive responses are common. These facts put at risk the patient’s safety and cause discomfort in family members and caregivers (Gouveia et al., 2019). In general, drug prescription and behavioral therapy have favorable results in these individuals. However, there is a subset of patients who do not respond adequately to pharmacological and psychological treatment due to the severity of clinical symptoms and associated brain dysfunction (Torres et al., 2013) responsible for aggressive behavior. For this limited population of individuals, surgical interventions targeting the amygdala or hypothalamus have been proposed.
- Subjects :
- Pharmacology
Post surgical
Deep brain stimulation
Adolescent
Hypothalamus, Posterior
AcademicSubjects/MED00415
business.industry
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medicine.medical_treatment
Deep Brain Stimulation
Post-surgical
Letter to Editor
Aggression
Psychiatry and Mental health
Young Adult
Refractory
Brain stimulation
Anesthesia
Intellectual Disability
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Hypothalamic
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14695111
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a487331a97e9afddec7ee7f2bcc1e3ca